941
submitted 1 year ago by Custoslibera@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] N00b22@lemmy.ml 103 points 1 year ago

My opinion:

I think this community should ban political memes, and instead have another community for only political memes. I'm from Costa Rica and I don't care about the USA politics or stuff

[-] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Right? It’s such a US way of thinking to assume the entire world needs to hear about your issues.

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

You don't really get that by banning a topic, but rather by fostering a culture where that sort of thing is frowned upon.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[-] Schnitzel_bub@lemmy.ml 90 points 1 year ago

No, that's not what they mean.

[-] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 58 points 1 year ago

Seriously, OP is straw-manning. There's not this much politics on other sites. Lemmy has a ton of tankies so everything is about communism here

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (3 replies)
[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 83 points 1 year ago

Jesus christ you're insufferable.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

We all know Jesus can’t save us now.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 60 points 1 year ago
[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You’re wrong.

Not a little wrong, just, wrong.

Go and talk to a politic science professor and they will tell you this.

You can’t escape politics because it’s linked to power.

Power structures affect everything in our society therefore politics affects everything.

When someone doesn’t want to ‘make it political’ all they are really doing is attempting to preserve an existing power structure they are a beneficiary of.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 29 points 1 year ago

Ever considered that politics is not always the essence of everything? I don't care that fundamentally everything may be political. I don't care that we are made up of millions of tiny organisms. I care about the things I care. And that's not your political agenda.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

You’re apathetic about it because you benefit from the current structure.

You don’t have to care when you’re already a winner.

load more comments (8 replies)
[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 15 points 1 year ago

Politics is not the essence of everything "To YOU" because you won the genetic/sociopolitical lottery. You sit comfortably atop the suffering of the "other," who does not have the luxury of playing this apolitical card.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] schmidtster@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Sometimes people just want to freely discuss stuff without the overarching politics.

Did you ever think about that?

load more comments (9 replies)
load more comments (9 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[-] SrTobi@feddit.de 57 points 1 year ago

I reject this! This sounds edgy but muddies the water and distracts as to recognize what politics is. Politics is everything regarding decision-making in groups! not more not less. Recognize when that's the case and fight!

load more comments (5 replies)
[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago

Isn't there literally a community called politicalmemes because people wanted to sort these into another place?

At this point you're not even posting to be funny, you're just posting to be annoying.

[-] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 21 points 1 year ago

some would even consider it not only annoying, but spamming as well

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] Godric@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Everything is political" shares the same vibes:

[-] NotSpez@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree. It’s like sometimes you just want to go for a walk and there’s some guy following you around screaming EvErYtHiNg Is PhYsIcS just to remind you that there are physical laws to explain the world around you. Just shut up and let me walk in peace sometimes.

[-] LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

You're very fortunate that you can take the time to ignore those politics. For many people, these issues affect them to such an extent that they can't be ignored at all. As for the amount of memes challenging the status quo here... well... if you're on Lemmy, the status quo didn't work for you either.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Facebones@reddthat.com 41 points 1 year ago

"Not everything is political"

=

"I am priveledged enough that my right to exist and thrive is never questioned or under fire, and things that I care about are protected by the status quo and the suppression of others"

[-] Illegal_Prime@dmv.social 16 points 1 year ago

I exist in several categories of people who’s right to exist have been threatened many, many times throughout history, I agree that everything is political, or rather, that politics encompasses everything.

However, not every discussion should become politically oriented, as it’s not particularly the most productive in many cases. This is most prominent on the internet, where nuance, which is ESSENTIAL for productive political discourse, is often absent. I find much political discussion. This is especially true in dialogues where it is either discussed on a broad scale, or where it is discussed in a reactionary manner. When my answers to political topics are so often “it depends”, this stuff tends to be quite straining, especially when my attempts to create dialogue are shot down.

In short “not everything is political” exists because you’re either detailing a discussion to talk about how horrible everything is, or you’re on the internet and internet politics just suck.

load more comments (12 replies)
[-] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 36 points 1 year ago

literally everything is politics

how is nitrogen atom nr. 14729583929174 political?

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

Becauses a scientist says it exists and that made God cry so we gotta burn him.

load more comments (5 replies)
[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yes yes I used hyperbole.

Sue me.

[-] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago

yes I wrote "literally everything" but that does'nt mean that I meant "literally everything"

I can accept that

ok so now that we've established that there are things that aren't political, it makes sense to say "don't make everything political", because there are in fact things that aren't political (yet). however responding "literally everything is political, if you think otherwise, you're profiting from the system" doesn't make sense, since there are non political things

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Cockmaster6000@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

At least pick a noble gas

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 year ago

Even chosen linux distro?

Damn

[-] duviobaz 20 points 1 year ago

I work in the government and let me tell you: Yes

load more comments (4 replies)
[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I once got warned in a discord server for being political. Brought up that everything was politics and they backed off.

About a week later I got hints that they might be a bit of a nazi bar which was confirmed when I called it out.

[-] 10_0@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 year ago

No its not, when I close Lemmy it disappears (IMAGINE BELIEVING THAT POSTING MEMES IS "CHANGING THE STATUS QUO") 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

load more comments (3 replies)
[-] CCF_100@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

Are bodily functions political? Is breathing political? Lol

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Euthanasia, Abortion, Air quality

Yes. All political.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

You absolute sad sack.

[-] SickPanda@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

not only political but also a jojos reference

[-] hackris@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 year ago

While I do agree that most things in life are somehow connected to politics and that it needs to be discussed, when I come somewhere, in real life or online, and I want to chill out, I really don't want to hear about it. Political communities exist, even here on Lemmy. Let's keep politics out of cooking, meme, and other not politically oriented communities please :)

[-] Fridgeratr@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago
[-] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Alright then:

breathes deep

The toilet paper is supposed to point away from you.

[-] Custoslibera@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Whoa whoa whoa let’s not make it all political buddy.

load more comments (5 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
941 points (100.0% liked)

Memes

45736 readers
417 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS